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Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week is a weekly show that uses poetry to explore the social, political, and racial conditions in America. Each e...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 03:30
If Oumuamua is a "scout," then for what cosmic army? And other dealings with strange things in the skies.
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jan 21, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
This week, we begin with the story of a woman who was in flight to the US when President Trump signed his first travel ban. We later hear about how...
- Added: Jul 13, 2018
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 2
There have been quite a few dramatic films on the theme of the death penalty, most of them making an eloquent case against it, and some of them rea...
- Added: Dec 09, 2017
- Length: 03:26
This week’s episode begins to explore the intersections of borders, documentation, and incarceration. We look at the history of U.S. immigration po...
Bought by KZYX
- Added: Dec 15, 2016
- Length: 29:11
- Purchases: 1
The focus this week is on the impact of habeas corpus both for prisoners and their loved ones. We begin with news on a call-in effort for queer and...
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 29:01
We begin our show with updates on the National Prison Strike, and then devote the entire episode to Marius Mason, a friend and former Bloomington r...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Oct 03, 2016
- Length: 28:45
- Purchases: 1
Once again, the best of what's new in the world of EDM, plus another audio essay when Mongo Speaks: Weird Stuff On YouTube.
- Added: Sep 20, 2014
- Length: 59:04
The story of Antoinette Tuff, a bookkeeper who was filling in at the front desk of an Atlanta Suburban elementary school of about 800 students on A...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Aspen Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and KUNM
- Added: Jul 16, 2014
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 4
Sandip Roy sends us an audio postcard from the 2014 Indian election season.
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 04:30
Jessie Jackson was recently spotted in Calcutta, India. But why?
- Added: Mar 05, 2014
- Length: 04:30
On Oct. 4, a monologue written by James Allison, "Justice John Paul Stevens Dissents," was performed by actor/violinist/school board member Lois S...
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 59:09
What a suicide attack in Tiananmen Square can tell us about the Chinese government's struggle with dissent.
- Added: Oct 30, 2013
- Length: 02:07
- Added: Aug 06, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Recently the Park Street rape victim did something almost unthinkable in India. She revealed her identity.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 30, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Sandip Roy believes that Nelson Mandela has yet one more lesson to teach the world.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Between You and Me is our weekly mix of conversation and music.
- Added: Jan 10, 2012
- Length: 04:14
A sound-rich obituary honoring the life and works of the late Christopher Hitchens, who died on December 16, 2011. Suitable for news magazines an...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 15, 2011
- Length: 07:28
- Purchases: 1
Electronic Intifada founder Ali Abunimah says a global movement against Israeli government policy is breaking through. On this edition, Abunimah ex...
- Added: Nov 08, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Two generations of veterans cope with PTSD—looking to heal themselves and heal the world. Featuring S. Brian Wilson, author of “Blood on the Tracks”
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 10
Newspaper and Web reporter Mara Leveritt on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life ...
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 29:00
After the news that the Senate had not passed legislation to end "don't ask don't tell," commentator Mark Blackmon decided that it was time to remi...
- Added: Sep 23, 2010
- Length: 04:08
Marijuana has made big news again: The Michael Phelps photo and backlash against Kellogg's; The arrest of George Obama in Kenya and CNBC's Marijuan...
- Added: Feb 11, 2009
- Length: 29:33
